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AERIAL LAUNCH AND/OR RECOVERY FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

  • US 20170225784A1
  • Filed: 09/19/2016
  • Published: 08/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, comprising:

  • a first, multi-rotor carrier aircraft having;

    an airframe;

    a plurality of rotors carried by the airframe, the plurality of rotors being positioned to support the carrier aircraft in hover; and

    a battery carried by the airframe and operatively coupled to the rotors to power the rotors;

    a launch fixture carried by the carrier aircraft and positioned to releasably attach to a second, carried aircraft, the carried aircraft having a capture device; and

    a capture line carried by the carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the carrier aircraft, the capture line being sized to releasably engage with the capture device of the carried aircraft.

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